User blog comment:Derekoe/DmC: Devil May Cry Knowledge Primer/@comment-1512913-20121101230832/@comment-68.224.188.119-20121208003108

Technically speaking AU falls under the term Reboot means to restart an entertainment universe that has already been previously established, and begin with a new story line and/or timeline that disregards the original writer’s previously established history, thus making it obsolete and void. Thusly an alternate universe can easily fall into that. Good examples is pretty much comic books movies etc etc. We are all right just a little out of context...